Integration with Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Eggplant Integration for Micro Focus ALM allows you to integrate Eggplant Functional with ALM. This integration tool is a web application that uploads your tests and results to the ALM server. You can run Eggplant Functional tests from either Eggplant Functional or ALM, and the integration automatically uploads those tests and results to ALM. This integration gives you the benefits of being able to store and view your tests and results in one convenient location, ALM.

The Eggplant Integration for Micro Focus ALM Workflow

The diagram below shows how Eggplant Integration for Micro Focus ALM works.

1. With Eggplant Integration for Micro Focus ALM, testers can run tests in either of the following ways:

   • By logging into the Micro Focus ALM server and starting a test run. In this case, the ALM server can starts Eggplant Functional via the command line.
   • By running Eggplant Functional and starting a test run.

2. Eggplant Functional runs the test on the system under test (SUT).

3. Eggplant Functional uploads the test results to Eggplant Integration for Micro Focus ALM using the HTTP protocol.

4. The Eggplant Integration for Micro Focus ALM uploads the test results to the ALM server via ALM's Open Test Architecture (OTA) API.

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   For information about the Open Test Architecture (OTA), refer to the Micro Focus documentation.

5. The results are available to view in ALM.